PRETOR
\pɹɪtˈɔː], \pɹɪtˈɔː], \p_ɹ_ɪ_t_ˈɔː]\
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Praetorian, pretorian.
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The Roman magistrate next below the consui.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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n. [Latin] Among the ancient Romans, a civil magistrate or judge. There were two pretors, prefer urbanus, appointed to adjudicate in cases between Roman citizens, and pretor peregrinus, in cases where foreigners were interested,--subsequently others were nominated to act in different provinces of the empire.
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